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A street scene features large detached houses with ivy-covered walls, bay windows, and chimneys behind a long wooden fence.

Townshend Road c.1920 (Bennett Bros)

Townshend Road, Wisbech

History of Townshend Road

The road was named after Rev Chauncey Hare Townshend who bequeathed a collection of curios to the Wisbech Museum in 1868. Included was the manuscript of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

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